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Method for producing alloy powders based on titanium metal

a technology of titanium metal and alloy powder, which is applied in the field of powder metallurgy, can solve the problems of high brittleness and strength, difficult for the reducing metal to penetrate into the reaction zone, and the additional operation of producing powders

Active Publication Date: 2022-09-13
VELTA HLDG US INC +1
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Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage of the known process is the duration of producing powders due to additional operations, such as: obtaining an intermediate product of low-valence titanium oxide TiXO, carrying out primary and secondary leaching.
The resulting powder contains a high content of impurities, has high brittleness and strength, which does not allow its use in the production of titanium alloys used in all industries.
This makes it difficult for the reducing metal to penetrate into the reaction zone and the reduction process is inhibited.
In the known method, the reduction process is difficult or does not proceed completely due to the fact that reduction reaction products block the titanium oxide source particles and the access of fresh portions of magnesium vapor to the particle surface is terminated.
Due to this the required reduction level is not achieved, and also side reactions occur that have a negative effect on the equipment.
So, if titanium oxide particles are too small, for example, if titanium oxide pigment with a primary particle size of 0.1-0.5 μm is used, it is extremely difficult to obtain titanium metal with low oxygen content in a one-step process using calcium as a reducing agent or high titanium content after the first step in a two-step process using magnesium as a reducing agent.
Therefore, the required reduction level is not achieved, and also the reducing agent is wasted.

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[0244]2000 1 of filtered TiOCl2 solution with TiO2 concentration of 100 g / l and Ti3+0.5 g / l content with a temperature of 40° C. is fed into the hydrolysis reactor, where it is heated up to 90° C. within 10 minutes. After that, the solution is heated for 10 minutes to a boiling point of 103° C. and boiled for 3 hours, the pressure in the hydrolysis reactor is kept at the range of 0.09-0.11 MPa. The vapors of hydrochloric acid evolved during this process are removed from the hydrolysis reactor through a heat exchanger irrigated with chilled water having a temperature of +7° C., where the condensation of hydrochloric acid with 35% HCl content takes place. The hydrochloric acid solution is continuously withdrawn from the refrigerator and collected in a separate collecting tank. Subsequently, hydrochloric acid can be used to obtain a TiOCl2 solution or for neutralization after reduction at the next stages of the process. The yield of precipitation of titanium oxides and hydroxides expre...

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[0252]The same procedure and sequence of actions are used as in example 1, except for the hydrolysis stage, which is described below. 2000 1 of filtered TiOCl2 solution with TiO2 concentration of 100 g / l and Ti3+ 0.5 g / l content with a temperature of 40° C. is fed into a 100 1 hydrolysis reactor, where it is heated up to 90° C. within 50 minutes, after which hydrolysis begins. After that, the solution is heated within 25 minutes to a boiling point of 107° C. and boiled for 5.5 hours, the pressure in the hydrolysis reactor is kept at the range of 0.09-0.13 MPa. The vapors of hydrochloric acid evolved during this process are removed from the hydrolysis reactor through a heat exchanger irrigated with chilled water having a temperature of +7° C., where the condensation of hydrochloric acid with 35% HCl content takes place. The hydrochloric acid solution is continuously withdrawn from the refrigerator and collected in a separate collecting tank. Subsequently, hydrochloric acid can be use...

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[0256]Prior to the reduction stage, the same procedure and sequence of actions are used as in example 2, except for the reduction stage, which is carried out in two stages and is described below.

[0257]According to the procedure described in example 1, the efficiency of the distribution of alloying additions in the crystal lattice of titanium oxide is checked after the stage of calcining the cake of oxides / hydroxides of titanium with uniformly precipitated oxides / hydroxides of alloying additives. The results of the content of Al and V in the residue differ from the results of the content of Al and V in the sample not subjected to dissolution in sulfuric acid by less than 5%, which indicates the dissolution of alloying additives in the crystal lattice of titanium oxide and a uniform distribution of alloying additives Al and V in the entire volume of titanium oxide particles (the results are shown in Table 1).

[0258]The first stage of reduction is carried out using metallic magnesium as...

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Abstract

The invention relates to powder metallurgy, in particular to a method for metallothermal reduction of feedstock elements made from feedstock being a solid solution of oxides of various elements in titanium oxide, using magnesium and / or calcium as reducing agents. Processes include hydrolysis of an aqueous solution of a titanium-containing salt to obtain primary particles of crystalline titanium oxide, calcination of a precipitate of titanium oxides / hydroxides, formation of feedstock elements from a milled powder of a solid solution of dopants in titanium oxide, reduction of feedstock elements in one step using calcium metal or reduction of feedstock elements in two steps, using magnesium metal or calcium metal in the first step, and calcium metal in the second step. The aim of the invention is to produce alloy powders of titanium metal with a particularly low oxygen content.

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FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to powder metallurgy, in particular to a method for metallothermal reduction of feedstock elements made from feedstock being a solid solution of oxides of various elements in titanium oxide, using magnesium and / or calcium as reducing agents. Alloy powders based on titanium metal and / or powders of pure titanium metal produced according to the invention are used in various powder metallurgy techniques, additive technologies and other possible applications.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENETION[0002]International Patent Application WO2018 / 214849 (Publication Date: Nov. 29, 2018) describes a method that involves mixing of the dried titanium dioxide powder with magnesium powder to a uniform state, addition of the powder to a self-propagating reaction furnace in order to initiate self-propagating reactions. After obtaining an intermediate product of low-valence titanium oxide TiXO dispersed in the MgO matrix, the intermediate product is leached with hyd...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B22F9/24B22F1/142C22C1/04B22F9/04
CPCB22F9/24B22F1/142C22C1/0458B22F2009/043B22F2301/205B22F2304/15C22C14/00B22F9/20B22F2009/042B22F2998/10B22F9/04C22B34/1236C22B34/1268C22B5/18
Inventor BRODSKYY, ANDRIYTROSHCHYLO, VIKTORGONCHAR, ANDRIICHUKHMANOV, OLEKSANDRROMANOV, ROMAN
Owner VELTA HLDG US INC